New calling

I just got released from being the Enrichment leader to now being the Primary Secretary.  I must say I absolutely LOVED planning the enrichment nights for the sisters.  Now, I'm buzzing around, taking attendance, bookkeeping and watching how my son really acts in primary.  However, different callings make us better people.  Constantly refining our skills, learning new things, adapting, bettering ourselves.  Change is good.

Jonathan came home this week.  Condoleezza Rice has been on vacation, therefore Jonathan has actually had some downtime.  He sent other teams to do protection and he's been laying low.  In fact, now it's his turn to take a vacation.  So what did he do?  He booked us a vacation this week!  We're going to Disney World and to Cocoa Beach, FL.  What will I do with a husband that doesn't have a blackberry in his hand 24-7?  I don't know but I'm ready to find out!  The kids got on their disney hats and are ecstatic.  I feel spoiled this summer, as the kids and I have done our fair share of vacationing.  So I think this is more for Jonathan than for us.  At least we can all be together. Yeah!

This week the kids picked out their backpacks and lunch boxes for school. They slept with them on their backs and carried them with them everywhere for the first 2 days!  So cute.

Ash and Austin got new dressers this week.  I must say it was really sad getting rid of the baby furniture.  Sniff sniff.  Although we made a few bucks  off of Craiglist.  I wanted to say, "Take good care of that!  There's a lot of memories in there!"

Austin told me that this week he wanted to move to Mexico.  That they can eat all the quesadillas they want there.  Also, we were proud of our little guy bearing his testimony so proudly at church.  Each fast and testimony he asks if he can please go up there.  Before, we would go up there with him and then of course we were mandated to bear ours as well.  He was a  good little example.  But recently, he just goes up there on his own.  This time he sat through a couple of testimonies as if he were one of the bishopric on the stand.  He likes being up there.  He just beams when he gets in front of the pulpit.  I love it that he loves to share his testimony.

Ashley the little Daddy's girl, has enjoyed every single second with Daddy.  We all have.  We're so glad when Daddy comes home, glad as we can be!